The Space Between

Month: October 2011

Sunday workout: attempted 20 miles, bonked at 13 Sunday was supposed to be our longest run to date. I bonked.I cried. I sat in the freaking hot sun and talked about how frustrated I was. Phil picked me up and got me to hammer out a few more miles. We called it. I wasn’t hydrated enough and … More Halloween Fun

Sunday workout: Temecula Inaugural Half Marathon and 5k 2:01:38 Not a PR, but oh well. Like I said, we weren’t taking this race too seriously. I was really just hoping for a good run and a chance to finally see some of Temecula Wine Country. Wake-up was easy, I ate a GRANDE breakfast (like I … More Temecula Half Marathon and 5k

Saturday workout: Spin class with P 50 min of cardio, 370 calories burned We decided to spin on Saturday even though we had a half marathon on Sunday. I wasn’t taking this race too seriously (as you can tell). I thought of it more as a step on our marathon training plan (which I am … More Saturday Sail and Pampered Princess

Friday workout: My first 5k!!!! 23:40 by my Garmin and there was no chip timing so that’s as good as it gets. Friday was my first ever 5k. The Chancellor’s Challenge 5k and Fun Run is a yearly event on UC San Diego’s campus that benefits student scholarships. I wanted to run it last year, … More My First 5k!

Tuesday workout: 60min of spin. 11 miles. The first 45min were fab, the last 15-hell. Wednesday workout: Strength session at 5:15am, solid. 50min of cardio machines at the gym Thursday workout: Strength session at 5:15am, cardio kickboxing for 55min at the gym Apparently I am crazy, or I think I’m still in college. I’m going … More What a Week!

Confession Tuesday. I don’t have a confession day but I have so many things to confess today, that’s just how it’s going to be. I stopped over by the very classy Real World San Diego house to use their confessional. source Does anyone else miss old school RW, like New Orleans?! I feel like I … More Gum in my Pants

Sunday workout: sick 😦 In college I walked to school and work, less than a mile, and went through a tank of gas… A MONTH. My first job out of college I had a 1 hour commute each way and it made me miserable. My first job in San Diego was a 20 minute commute … More Bicycle Commute to Work

Thursday workout: 5 miles and 15 min or so of floor strength exercises, it was HOT out! Friday workout: rest day, you should know this by now but oh well. Yesterday, I woke up late(surprise) so my workout was in the afternoon. It was one HOT day in SD. Honestly it had to have been … More Eternal Sunshine

Wednesday workout: 5.5 miles, 11:40 pace,<– I’m not kidding, 5am this morning Now that I am back to an 8am-4:30pm schedule, I have to wake up super early for my running. I used to do the majority of my running workouts in the early A.M. and really sort of hated it. I enjoy getting up … More Well Hello Again 5am